Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c16.3

c16.3

The number of verses in the stanza varies from two to eight. In the Saṃhitā text the single verses iv 17 15, v 41 20, 42 17, 43 16, and vi 63 11 are treated as stanzas, but in each case the verse really belongs to the preceding stanza. The verse x 20 1 is not a stanza, but an abbreviated quotation of x 25 1.